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Deskrypcje bogów rzymskich w "Panegirykach" Klaudiana
Descriptions of the Greek gods in Claudian’s "Panegyrics"

Author(s): Anna Krawczyk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Claudian; "Panegyrics"; mythical gods; description technique

Summary/Abstract: The author presents translation of the so-far unpublished in Poland selected sequences from Claudian’s three panegyrics ("Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti", "Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus", "Panegyricus de consulat Stilichonis"). They include descriptions of personifications of natural phenomena, abstract places and ideas depicted as mythical gods and goddesses. They are: "Tiberinus", "Eridanus", "Roma" and "Clementia".

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 91-97
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish